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ARTIST STATEMENT
“I believe that my paintings reflect my own quest for peace. My adventures in nature take me to places that are still and quiet. This is where I can hear natural sounds like birds, wind and rain. In my art I try to capture the chaos of vines, leaves and petals working together all intertwined. I then place my subjects in their own peaceful space where background noise is absent. I fill the negative space with textural calm which reminds me of muddy earth, rough mountains, voluminous clouds. My art is where chaos and calm come together”.
BIO
Cecilia was born in Santa Maria on the central coast of California where the ocean and rolling hills meet. She knew she was an artist at the age of five when her teacher said her art was beautiful.. Soon she painted art for her local library where she spent most of her after school hours and where she was asked to help with a mural depicting the history of her town.
She moved to Hawaii in 1976 to live with her father on the North shore of Oahu. It was on the beach where she realized that her crochet bikini was popular and she started her bikini business. Her mural painting began soon afterward. Cecilia attended the Foss school of art in Honolulu and learned portraiture from visiting artist Daniel E. Green along with other well know artists of the time.
In 1984 Cecilia moved to Maui and began painting in Plein air with a local group of artists later known as PAPOH. She began teaching adults and children, entering shows, winning awards and soon opened a local gallery in Wailuku. Her paintings have found homes all over the world.
Although oil paint is her prefered medium she has a talent in pastel, acrylic and mixed media. Her whimsical collages and abstract paintings are magical and inspiring. Cecilia is the current President of Art Maui a nonprofit which started in 1979 and Hawaii representative for The American Society of Marine Artists.
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